Jordan Peele's 'Us' Just Smashed A Horror Film Record At The Box Office

Jordan Peele's latest horror film has already made history with a strong opening at cinemas in the US.

The highly-anticipated follow up to Get Out was released in cinemas just a few days ago but has already set a new record for the best-ever opening for an original horror film, Variety reports.

The film starring Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke raked in a whopping $US 70 million on its first weekend, charging past the former record holder A Quiet Place -- which opened at $50 million. It also surpassed Ted ($US33 million) to become the best debut for an R-rated film.

Impressively, Us more than doubled the first-weekend takings of Get Out ($US33 million), with the film flying under the radar for a while there, until everyone realised that Peele had written one of the most brilliant horror films of all time.